Introduction

The updated C530 multi-head GPGPU is the most powerful AI (Artificial Intelligence) enabled 3U VPX GPGPU board, providing remarkable performance in a compact and rugged form factor.

The parallel processing capabilities of today's multi-core GPUs make them ideal for both non-graphics and graphics applications with intensive computation requirements. Aitech's C530 General Purpose GPU (GPGPU) board provides these capabilities, as well as high-performance graphics rendering capabilities and multiple video output channels, in a rugged 3U VPX form factor.

In addition to the increased throughput offered by parallel processing, GPGPU computing also allows the CPU and OS to remain responsive even when the system is under a heavy load, by offloading the intensive operations to the GPU. GPGPU application development can be performed on a standard PC that is equipped with a GPU of the same architecture. The C530 hosts an MXM GPU module (standardized GPU form factor), and new configurations of the C530 are released as higher-performance MXMs become available. The C530 currently supports the NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX3000 and NVIDIA® Quadro® T1000 GPUs.

The C530 operates as a peripheral board with a compatible x86 VPX host SBC, such as Aitech's C874 (5th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7), C875 (8th Gen. Intel® Xeon® E), and C877 (Intel® Xeon® D) 3U VPX SBCs. The C530 and the host SBC interconnect over the VPX backplane, via a high-speed PCIe Gen3 link of up to 16 lanes.